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2021 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 1 - In General
§ 18.2-15. Place of punishment
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VA Code § 18.2-15 (2021)
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Imprisonment for conviction of a felony shall be by confinement in a state correctional facility, unless in Class 5 and Class 6 felonies the jury or court trying the case without a jury fixes the punishment at confinement in jail. Imprisonment for conviction of a misdemeanor shall be by confinement in jail.
1975, cc. 14, 15.
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